Two billionaires are battling it out for the coveted launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. And enlisting major political power.

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Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla Motors Inc. and Paypal Inc. founder Elon Musk, are both vying for the now defunct shuttle launch location to use for their respective space projects, according to media reports.

SpaceX claims to design, manufacture and launch rockets and spacecrafts, according to its website. The company has plans to revolutionize space technology with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. The firm has already delivered cargo to the space station under a $1.6 billion National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract.

NASA is letting Earthlings hangout with the cool space travelers in the International Space Station this morning. The space agency is holding a Google+ Hangout session with the ISS at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

“Have you ever asked a question to someone in space? No? Well, now’s your chance,” NASA said on its website.

Scientists at Deep Space Industries have put a value on an asteroid set to buzz past Earth this week of $195 billion, according to a published report on Networkworld.

The number comes from estimates of the value of any recoverable water on the asteroid — worth as much as $65 billion as fuel in space — plus the value of nickel, iron and other metals — worth as much as $130 billion as construction materials.

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